New Orleans coroner's chief investigator John Gagliano has identified 19-year-old Matthew Savoie, of New Orleans, as the man who was killed this morning after he apparently lost control of his vehicle and struck a concrete guardrail.

The accident occurred just before 3 a.m. near the intersection of Washington Avenue and Short Street, according to New Orleans Police Department spokeswoman Officer Shereese Harper.

Emergency medical technicians were summoned to the scene, where the man was pronounced dead. Police are investigating whether alcohol was a factor in the crash.